Paul
Goble
Staunton, August 27 – Like the capital
of the imperial state Russia still is, Moscow is seeking to recruit young men
from one region to be used to suppress protests in another, in this case Russians
from predominantly ethnic Russian provinces to be deployed on the front lines
against demonstrators in the capital.
The Russian Guards are advertising
on the HeadHunter portal and offering 60,000 rubles a month (one
thousand US dollars) to young men in 52 predominantly Russian regions to move to
the capital and help “put down” what the authorities describe as “revolts” (openmedia.io/news/rosgvardiya-nabiraet-v-regionax-bojcov-omon-dlya-podavleniya-buntov-i-presecheniya-pogromov/).
The advertisement says that successful
candidates will be involved in “the maintenance of social order and social
security during mass demonstrations in the city of Moscow, the protection of
the legal order in dangerous zones, under extraordinary circumstances, and the
prevention of crimes, mass disorders group violations of public order and mass
pogroms.”
No experience is required, the ad which
was put up yesterday but taken down today says, making the salary of 55,000 to
65,000 rubles a month quite attractive; but the Russian Guard does require that
candidates have at least a secondary education. The new men will be based in Moscow.
A spokesman for HeadHunter said
the ad apparently was removed when the Russian Guard attracted enough applicants
in one day. A more likely explanation is
that such an advertisement, which both HeadHunter and the Russian Guard
confirmed was real, was an embarrassment to more senior officials.
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